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Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

ISSN : 0915-3942(Print) / 1883-8049(Online)
Editor-in-Chief :Tatsuo Arai(Osaka University)
Deputy Editor-in-Chief :Kazuhiro Kosuge (Tohoku University), Kazunori Umeda (Chuo University)
Technically Co-sponsored by Robotics and Mechatronics Division of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Vol.19 No.6 | Vol.20 No.2

JRM Vol.20 No.1 Feb. 2008

Regular Papers (20th Anniversary): Messages : Kazuo Yamafuji (The founding Editor-in-Chief,Professor Emeritus of the University of Electro-Communications), Toshio Fukuda (The Second Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Nagoya University), Makoto Kaneko (The Third Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Osaka University), and Tatsuo Arai (The Current Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Osaka University) (As of Feb. 20, 2008)

JRM Vol.20 No.1 Feb. 2008

Messages

Congratulatory Message:

Celebrating JRM Volume 20 and Three Epoch-making Robots from Japan

Kazuo Yamafuji, pp. 3-3

The Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics is celebrating its 20th volume since its launch in 1989. As the JRM’s founding Editor-in-Chief, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of those persons and organizations that have helped make the JRM so successful.

This is also a time for celebrating the development of three epoch-making robots in Japan between 1978 and 1997.

Scara Robot: The Scara robot was developed in 1978 by Professor Hiroshi Makino of Yamanashi University and four Japanese companies – Fujitsu, Telmec, Ultrasonic Ind. Co., and Sankyo. As John Hartley wrote in "The Industrial Robot" (March 1982, UK), "More startling, perhaps, was the announcement that IBM was to sell Sankyo Skilam robot in the USA as the IBM 7535. Most of Japanese robots were based on overseas designs. The exception, of course, is the Scara robot.” The Scara was honored as the first Japanese robot dedicated at the Robotic Pavillion at Carnegie Mellon University in 2006.

Parallel Bicycle Robot: The parallel bicycle (PB) robot developed in 1986 by Professor Kazuo Yamafuji of the University of Electro-Communications was driven by a parallel bicycle consistting of a pair of parallel wheels and an inverted pendulum body supported on the wheel axis. The PB robot has been applied both to locomotion for mobile robots and to personal vehicles. It was first successfully commercialized as the Segway Personal Transporter developed by Dean Kamen in 2001 in the US. Applications to a humanoid drive were realized by Toyota in 2004 and by Hitachi in 2007.

Biped Walking Robot: Honda introduced its epoch-making humanoid P2 with biped and double hand in 1997. Driven by an on-board battery, the biped robot walked smoothly for over 30 minutes at 4 km/h similar to a human being. Honda P2 movie surprised and delighted people worldwide, and its release of ASIMO in 2002 was an advanced type of P2. ASIMO has became the de facto standard of the biped humanoid and is expected to have many applications in social and industrial environments.

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Congratulatory Message:: Congratulations on the 20th Anniversary of JRM; Toshio Fukuda, p. 4; Full Text
Congratulatory Message:: Congratulations on the 20th Memorial Year!; Makoto Kaneko, p. 5; Full Text
Congratulatory Message:: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary Issue Publication; Tatsuo Arai, p. 6; Full Text

Regular Papers

Paper:: Workspace and Dexterity Analyses of the Delta Hexaglide Platform; Wu-Jong Yu, Chih-Fang Huang, and Wei-Hua Chieng, pp. 7-17; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF741KB)
Paper:: Development of the Master Hand for Grasping Information Capturing; Kazuyuki Nagata, Fuminori Saito, and Takashi Suehiro, pp. 18-23; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF339KB)
Paper:: Multiple Mobile Robot Exploration and Patrol Strategy Using a Self-Organizing Planner Based on a Reaction-Diffusion Equation on a Graph; Chomchana Trevai, Norisuke Fujii, Jun Ota, and Tamio Arai, pp. 24-37; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF395KB)
Paper:: Development of the MOSFET Type Enzyme Biosensor Using GOx and ChOx; Katsutoshi Ooe, Yasutaro Hamamoto, Toshifumi Kadokawa, and Yoshiaki Hirano, pp. 38-46; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF489KB)
Paper:: Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform – A Versatile Small Footprint Robot Simulator; Marc Freese, Fumio Ozaki, Shigeo Hirose, and Nobuto Matsuhira, pp. 47-60; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF808KB)

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Paper:: Motion Characteristics of Loop Type Elliptic Resonator; Tohru Sasaki, Kunio Koizumi, and Motofumi Sasaki, pp. 61-67; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF447KB)
Paper:: Bio-Inspired Real-Time Robot Vision for Collision Avoidance; Hirotsugu Okuno and Tetsuya Yagi, pp. 68-74; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF281KB)
Paper:: Research on Variable Cylinders of the Tandem 4-Cylinder Gasoline Engine for Fuel Economy; Kouki Yamaji and Hirokazu Suzuki, pp. 75-81; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF515KB)
Paper:: RT Component Based Network Distributed Monitoring System; Songmin Jia and Kunikatsu Takase, pp. 82-88; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF495KB)
Paper:: Feed-Forward Controller for the Integrated Non-Invasive Ultrasound Diagnosis and Treatment; Norihiro Koizumi, Kohei Ota, Deukhee Lee, Shin Yoshizawa, Akira Ito, Yukio Kaneko, Kiyoshi Yoshinaka, Yoichiro Matsumoto, and Mamoru Mitsuishi, pp. 89-97; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF512KB)

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Paper:: Frequency Analysis for Biped Walking via Leg Length Variation; Tetsuya Kinugasa, Shoichi Miwa, and Koji Yoshida, pp. 98-105; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF221KB)
Paper:: Connected Two Units Crawlers to Realize Automatic Multiple Configurations as Search and Rescue Robot; Kenjiro Tadakuma, pp. 106-115; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF779KB)
Paper:: Measurement of a Vehicle Motion Using a New 6-DOF Motion Sensor System – Angular Velocity Estimation with Kalman Filter Using Motion Characteristic of a Vehicle –; Ryoji Onodera and Nobuharu Mimura, pp. 116-124; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF211KB)
Paper:: Tetrahedral Mobile Robot with Spherical Omnidirectional Wheel; Kenjiro Tadakuma, Riichiro Tadakuma, and Jose Berengueres, pp. 125-134; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF3084KB)
Paper:: An Eye-To-Hand Panoramic Vision System for 3D Positioning of a Robotic Arm; Chaiyapol Kulpate, Mehran Mehrandezh, and Raman Paranjape, pp. 135-150; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF724KB)

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Paper:: Robot Manipulation and Guidance Using Magnetic Motion Capture Sensor and a Rule-Based Controller; Carlos R. Tercero Villagran1,2, Seiichi Ikeda1, Toshio Fukuda1, Kosuke Sekiyama1, Yuta Okada1, Tomomi Uchiyama3,Makoto Negoro4, and Ikuo Takahashi5, pp. 151-158; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF326KB)
Paper:: Mask Scale Adjustment (MSA) in Stereo Matching; Zheng Xu, Masanori Idesawa, and Qin Wang, pp. 159-170; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF972KB)
Paper:: A New Adaptive Control Scheme Using Dynamic Neural Networks; Khaled Nouri, Rached Dhaouadi, and Naceur Benhadj Braiek, pp. 171-177; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF362KB)
Paper:: Dynamic Modeling of Nonlinear Systems Using Wavelet Networks; Wissam Hassouneh, Rached Dhaouadi, and Yousef Al-Assaf, pp. 178-187; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF386KB)
Paper:: A Detection System of Location and Direction Angle by a RF Tag Reader Using a Rotary Antenna; Takashi Asakawa, Kazue Nishihara, and Tadashi Yoshidome, pp. 189-195; Abstract | Preview | Full Text (PDF386KB)

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